- Date
- September 5, 1983, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pinehurst, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8715LPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830905047129A
- Case key
- 6198
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt stated that all three shock cords on the left main landing gear broke during the landing roll allowing the gear to collapse. The acft veered off the rwy & crossed a drainage ditch, at which time all three shock cords on the right main landing gear broke. According to the plt, the cords were found to be rotted. They had been installed on the acft about 2 years. The Piper PA-25-235 inspection sheet states that the shock cords should be inspected for weakness, fraying & weak attachments. It does not state a specific replacement time for the shock cords.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8715L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-5168
- Airframe hours
- 5,764
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Robert W. Anderson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 11, 1983 · 25 hours before
- Airport
- 2GA3 · Wrights, runway 33, 2,000 × 75 ft, dirt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 28,800 total · 12,000 in this make and model · 28,300 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8715L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.